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    topography, the line of greatest slope is a curve following the steepest slope. In mountain biking and skiing, the line of greatest slope is sometimes called...
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    mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line is a number that describes the direction and steepness of the line. Often denoted by the letter m, slope is calculated...
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    were free to move on the slope under gravity. Mathematically the fall line, the line of greatest slope, is the negative of the gradient (which points...
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    orientation relative to the line of greatest slope. Edges that water follows or straight edges parallel to the line of greatest slope. Edges that water escapes...
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  • Fall line commonly refers to: Fall line, a geomorphological feature Fall line (topography), the line of greatest slope on an incline Fall line may also...
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  • front of the ski skid downhill (skidding inwards) and then applying a force to change the edge and make the ski turn across the line of greatest slope (skidding...
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    expressed in volts per metre, the vector direction of the field is the line of greatest slope of potential, and where the equipotentials lie closest...
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    streets, while its east–west side streets are lined with brownstones and apartment buildings. Park Slope was settled by the Lenape before Europeans arrived...
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    of slope, pits and peaks. The idea of lines that join points of equal value was rediscovered several times. The oldest known isobath (contour line of...
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  • Calculus (redirect from Degree of smallness)
    called a difference quotient. A line through two points on a curve is called a secant line, so m is the slope of the secant line between (a, f(a)) and (a +...
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  • result from holding either y or x constant, respectively). To find the slope of the line tangent to the function at P(1, 1) and parallel to the xz-plane, we...
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    cause a change in the slope of the influence line and only calculating the values at those points. The slope of the inflection line can change at supports...
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    slopes. Vimy Ridge was captured and further south, the greatest depth of advance since trench-warfare began was achieved, surpassing the success of the...
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    Thalweg (redirect from Rule of the Thalweg)
    (/ˈtɑːlvɛɡ/) is the line or curve of lowest elevation within a valley or watercourse. Its vertical position in maps is the nadir (greatest depth, sounding)...
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    ascended the slope and advanced on the sunken road, Chemin d'Ohain, that ran from behind La Haye Sainte and continued east. It was lined on both sides...
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    on the eastern slopes of Kholat Syakhl in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. Overnight, something caused them to cut their way out of their tent and...
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    the Italian front line. When the Italian front stabilized a month later, General Émile Fayolle, who was the new commander in chief of the French troops...
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  • 1975, took the cover photo directly below the central span of the bridge on a south-side slope. He worked from sketches produced by Antony Price, with photography...
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    Avalanche (category Hazards of outdoor recreation)
    An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain. Avalanches can be triggered spontaneously, by factors such as increased...
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  • 7,523 yards (6,879 m), with a course rating of 78.1 and slope rating of 155. In the fall of 2004, all of the greens were converted to an A-1 Bent grass...
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  • This is a list of episodes for the anime series Initial D. Episodes in First Stage are numbered as Acts. Second Stage episodes are numbered by Acts, but...
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    ramp. On the south, the line immediately goes underground on a 70-metre (230 ft) ramp. The viaduct has a continuous slope of 40 mm/m, enabling it to go...
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  • The following is a list of episodes from the series Polly Pocket. The show first aired on Family Channel in Canada on July 8, 2018 and on Universal Kids...
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    Mogollon Rim in central Arizona The western slope of the Sierra Nevada range in California. The western slope of the Wasatch Range in Utah. Specifically the...
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    direction of greatest change, by taking a dot product. Suppose that the steepest slope on a hill is 40%. A road going directly uphill has slope 40%, but a...
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  • the greatest total distance on land (disregarding intervening bodies of water) is still to be determined. It is likely located in the vicinity of 22°E...
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    seat and largest city of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located north of the Arctic Circle, it is one of the northernmost cities...
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    facilities are provided by several ice rinks and skiing slopes, including Snow Arena, the first indoor ski slope in the Baltics. In 2018 Lithuania men's national...
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  • (15.2 cm) in front of the pitcher's rubber the mound begins to slope downward. The top of the rubber is to be no higher than 10 inches (25 cm) above home...
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    osculating curve from the family of straight lines. The tangent line shares its first derivative (slope) with C and therefore has first-order contact with C. The...
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